Suffield Victims Remain In Hospital

Two survivors of carbon monoxide poisoning that killed three children at a Suffield slumber party remained hospitalized Saturday, although the condition of one of the victims has been upgraded.

Pamela Dulude, 35, mother of two of the children killed Thursday, was upgraded from serious to satisfactory condition at Norwalk Hospital Saturday evening.

Meanwhile, Michael Illukiewicz, 12, of Suffield, a friend of the Dulude children who had been at the sleepover, was listed in serious condition Saturday evening at Norwalk Hospital.

Both victims were continuing to receive treatment in a pressurized hyperbaric chamber to cleanse their blood of the carbon monoxide they inhaled, apparently from a gas furnace that authorities said was improperly vented.

The hyperbaric treatments "will probably be continued through the weekend," said Deborah Brown, a nursing supervisor at Norwalk Hospital.

Killed in Thursday's accident were James Dulude Jr., 12, and his sister Jennifer Dulude, 13, along with Jennifer Brewer, 13, a classmate at McAlister Middle School in Suffield